Brace of Golds for GB on Opening Day of Marathon World Championships

Great Britain celebrated a gold medal double as the 2025 ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships got under way in Hungary.

Buoyed by a fine European Championships in June, a confident British squad brought this momentum into a busy opening day of 3.6k short distance heats and finals in Gyor.

Will Short turned in a stunning performance to win Britain’s first-ever junior men’s short course gold.

And with official Paracanoe world titles contested for the first time here, Jeanette Chippington became Britain’s first-ever official Paracanoe marathon world champion with a dominant performance in the women’s 6km KL1 race.

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